Fixture for window-shades.



C. E. KLAMM.

FIXTURE FOR WINDOW SHADES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1915.

1,172,71 5. Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

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HXTURE FOR WINDOW SHADES.

M ca APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1915.

v i CARL E. KLAMM, OF (IIZEIV'EIII;AND, OHIO.

FIXTURE roie winnow-snanns.

Applicationfiled'May 8,1915. Serial in. 26,704;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, CARL E. KLAMM, a citizen of the'United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fixtures for VVindo-w-Shades, Of.Wl1lCl1 the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to fixtures for window shades, the object being to provide a shade hanger or device for supporting a shade roller, the hanger being adjustable so that it may be raised or lowered to support the shade roller in any desired position on the window casing. I

The-invention will befound particularly useful for purposes of ventilation, as the shade can be lowered from the top, by lowering the hanger, and by opening the upper window sash a free circulation of air is permitted.

Improvedmeans are provided for holding the hanger in its various adjusted positions. In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a front elevation of a window provided with the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, showing the hanger secured to the inner edge or side of the casing. Fig. 3 is a detail of the latch forholding the hanger at adjustment. Fig. 4 is an inside elevation showing the adjusting devlces. Fig. 5 1s a sect onal I elevation oithe same. Fig. 6 isa topview of the parts shown in Fig. 1.. 1

In the drawings, 6 indicates thewlndow casing and 7 the sash.

8 is a shade roller. its ends by brackets 9., each of which is mounted on a slide 10 and projects through a slot 11 in a housing 12 which is secured to the inner face of the window casing. The slide 10 has inclined side flanges which engage the inclined or undercut surfaces 18 behind the slot 11 in the housing 12, to hold the slide in proper position, the head of the bracket 9 projecting beyond or lapping the edges of the slot on the outside of the casing, whereby the slide and bracket are held against lateral movement, but are free to move up and down for ad ustment. Such Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

This is supported at adjustment is effected by a rod 1 1 which is connected at its upper end to'the slide 10, by a'pivot pin 15, and is provided at its lowerend with an operating knob 16, the connecting stem 17 of which extends through a slot 1 8 in the lower part of the housing 12. The rod also has, at its lower 21 securedto theinner recessed face ofthe Specification of Letters Patent. -Patented 13 1522 i916, I Y

end, a cross piece 19 which bridges'the slot 18 and 1s adapted'to engagea pair of fingers. 20 which are struck up from metal strips I i housing 12, and extending vertically. beside the slot '18. IA series of fingers 20 are pro- 'vlded at different vertical positions, to hold the hanger at various elevations as desired.

A fiat spring 2231s fixed to the back of the cross piece 19 and bears against a wear strip, 23, behind the cas ng 12, and this spring. normally holds the catch 19 1n engagement with the fingers 20.

In operation the rod 11 may be raised or lowered by means o1 the knob 16, the catch 19 being disengaged by pressing in on the knob, and the slide 10 will be accordingly 7 j raised or lowered to set the shade rollerin desired position. In'Fig. 1 it is shown dropped some distance from-the top of the casing, to permit ventilation at the top. In operation both knobs 16 will be grasped and adjusted simultaneously.

What I claim as new is '2 7 A shade hanger comprising a slotted hous-' ing, strips attached to the inside of the housing beside the slot, said strips having 1 tongues struck up therefrom, a slide inthe upper'part of the housing, having a bracketv projecting through the-slot and flanges engaging the outer side of the llOllSlIlgbGSlClQ the slot, a depending rod pivoted at itsupper end ,to the slide and having a beveled cross piece at its lower end engageable with said tongues, and afinger piece projecting from said cross piece and through the slot.

in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMII-IARDT, J. B. Davis.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature CARL n. KLAMM. V 

